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Ecclesiastes 1

Eccl. 1:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thatu which is crooked
`avath (Hebrew #5791)
to wrest
KJV usage: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Pronounce: aw-vath'
Origin: a primitive root
cannot
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
be made straight
taqan (Hebrew #8626)
to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
KJV usage: set in order, make straight.
Pronounce: taw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
: and that which is νwanting
checrown (Hebrew #2642)
deficiency
KJV usage: wanting.
Pronounce: khes-rone'
Origin: from 2637
w cannot
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
be numbered
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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crooked.
wanting.
Heb. defect.
 He finds things all wrong, but he has no power of righting them. (Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.